Rain, Sleet and Ice

Mom woke me up at 9:30 a.m. and told me that she had just looked out the window and there was snow on the ground.  As sleepy as I was, I realized this does not happen very often so I quickly got up and grabbed my camera.

It must have looked very pretty between sunrise and 8:00 a.m. but by this time even though it was still cold it was not below freezing and most of it had already melted away.  Once outside I quickly realized that it was not snow but sleet and ice.

There is a neighbor that has three horses and they are out in the elements, they do not even have a shade or some type of roof to shelter them from the inclement weather.  He was by their corral or whatever you want to call it, just whistling away.  Wish someone would put him in that corral for a night and see if he was in a whistling mood in the morning.

It is kind of hard to see but the horses are on the other side of our fence

I have reported him on several occasions but nothing ever seems to be done about it.  Due to budget cuts they long ago did away with the county animal shelter and local authorities just don’t care.  Sorry for going off on a tangent but I can’t standby and see defenseless animals being mistreated.

You can see all the tall weeds Mata Gatos (Cat Killer) has not gotten around to cutting

If you have sent me an e-mail I apologize for not having answered them but I will soon.  If I think they might benefit some other readers I will do a post on the subject in the not too distant future but either way I will let you know.

I want to welcome Mohave Rat to my follower list.  I appreciate your readership.

My Observant Readers

Guys you all have made me chuckle with some of the e-mails I have received regarding the header picture.  Actually I was not able to locate that particular photo the other day when I did a post entitled “My Cyber Journal” and wanted to illustrate how even in the desert I bring along my Wal-Mart spiral notebooks to document my trip.

Some have asked if I work for Border Patrol…jajajajaja, no, I don’t.  Actually I purchased that hat at the cook-off back in 2006 just for laughs.  I bought it at Krazy Flats (the spectator side) where you will find more “off the wall vendors”.

One person wanted to know where I bought the milk in the cardboard container and why it was not in a cooler when the temperature gauge in the tent shows it to be 94 degrees.  Boy that one really surprised me; even I had not noticed that…you have good eyes.  That milk is one of the best kept secrets as far as I am concerned.  It does not have to be refrigerated until you open it and the four containers that I took did not expire until February 2012. This particular brand is Nutri Leche but there are many others.  I bought them in Bodegas Aurrera in Acuna but you can buy them anywhere in Mexico for just under a dollar each.

In the desert ice is neither cheap nor abundant. This year I only brought along one good ice chest and it was reserved for my beer, so the less I had to refrigerate the better.

One inquired about the DQ (Dairy Queen) beverage glass in my tent and if there was one in Terlingua.  The nearest DQ is in Alpine which is 80 miles away; I had stopped to eat dinner there before heading south. I normally do not throw anything away until the last day just in case I might need it.  I used the beverage container for drinking ice water.  You didn’t really think I drank beer all day did you? jajajajajaja…don’t answer that!!

For once in a long time Blogger is not giving me headaches and the problem I had with Cricket seems to have been resolved (knock on wood) so it has turned out to be a good Saturday. Hope you all had a great day as well.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.